"I have a history of making decisions very quickly about men.
I have always fallen in love fast and without measuring risks.
I have a tendency not only to see the best in everyone, but to assume that everyone is emotionally capable of reaching his highest potential.
I have fallen in love more times than I care to count with the highest potential of a man, rather than with the man himself, and I have hung on to the relationship for a long time (sometimes far too long) waiting for the man to ascend to his own greatness.
Many times in romance,
I have been a victim of my own optimism."
~ Elizabeth Gilbert